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absolutism

[ab-suh-loo-tiz-uhm] / ˈæb sə luˌtɪz əm /
NOUN
absolute control by government
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In general though, it's all a more personal call than our traditional once-a-day absolutism has led us to believe.

From Salon

“In 89 years since the end of absolutism we have not got anywhere,” Jatupat said.

From Reuters

Mr. Boshea’s relative absolutism has the elegance of Alexander slicing the Gordian knot, but it would mean officers’ rights are suborned to the department’s public relations.

From Washington Times

Greene deplores “American rights absolutism” in this ambitious work.

From New York Times

And we should quote Warren E. Burger, the late chief justice, who called Second Amendment absolutism one of the “greatest pieces of fraud” ever perpetrated on the American people.

From Washington Post